The Pink Elephant : Interior Design Blog & Tutorial Site
I’ve started a new blog called The Pink Elephant. It follows all of my interior design projects, gardening escapades and more! Plus check it out and let me know what you think!
Read more…Fun With Type Design
I’ve always been a huge fan of typography…so much so that my whole office’s theme is type. So I decided I would have some fun and sketch out some letters of my own. A free digital cookie to any of you typophiles who can guess this typeface from my rough sketch: And playing with my...
Read more…How To Create a Compelling Print Portfolio: 5 Tips
There is absolutely no doubt that a strong portfolio can make all the difference between a popular household name and an artist who only creates work as a hobby. It is very important for an artist or designer who wishes to make a living from his or work to use a combination of tasteful arrangement,...
Read more…The Power Of The New Crowdsource? The Evolution Of Online Help
Crowdsourcing as we know it today is a terrible thing. It basically boils down to clients asking several, even hundreds of freelancers, to provide spec work in the hopes of getting their product chosen and getting paid. No other industry I can think of does this, and is something that plagues the professional freelancers, as...
Read more…Comment and Contact Forms Are For Users, Not You!
Introduction Comment and contact forms are a prevalent feature of almost every website out there today. They are usually pretty straight forward; you provide some details (such as your name/return contact method/etc), write your request/comment/etc, click send, and then hopefully, you get a reply. Simple stuff! There is, however, differences between comment and contact forms,...
Read more…Learning From Developer Celebrity Drama
I used to think that we developers were less vain about things. We don’t watch the soaps, buy the shady drama magazines in the checkout line, or generally care what the celebrities are up to – until recently that is. I realized that we do care what the celebrities are up to, just not the...
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